Review of Hostel (2011) by Samuel M — 07 Feb 2012

Hostel is unworthy of the hype and controversy it received upon release. It starts excellently, mysteriously and impressively, before descending into clichéd American's in Amsterdam, looking for sex and drugs. Your better off watching the first couple of Saw films, for a more inventive take on the "torture-porn" sub-genre. The entertainingly unhinged Hostel reeks of kneeling reverence to the grisliest of psychotronica while simultaneously striving to out-gore and out-shock its predecessors. This is an old-school exercise in shock and gore, with scary ideas and unblinking splatter.

VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theater or buy an ex rental or a cheap price the DVD to own.